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Crystals -- how much harm with they cause? well, they're lighter than water. so, one, they can make the dome boy ant. two, they can mass up on the top of the dome and really block some of that oil from getting to the ship that's capturing it on the surface. so a big problem there. they're looking at the liquid now. if there are no hydrates, they say they should be able to start the process of putting the cap back on. if there are hydrates, admiral thad allen saying that's going to take quite a bit longer. the difference, t.j., though, with this time versus last time is that just about a week a...

Now we are talking about $50 billion. a big difference. >> thank you so much. we have a new development on the efforts to capture more of that escaping oil. bp announced a second containment system is now in place and it began gathering more of the oil and gas to a vessel on the ocean surface and cannot yet measure how much oil and gas is being captured. we will, of course, let you know as we know. you've seen the devastation and heard the complaints. now it's your chance to help. join us monday night for an all-star relief effort to help rebuild the coast. the special two-hour "larry king...

Time when people have so low confidence in government, you have to show them you can't just tell them and that has to be the thing going forward. will these changes actually make a difference for people? >> karen, great pleasure having you on. thank you. some other developments in the gulf oil disaster. bp announced just this morning that oil and gas from the gushing well are being captured or is now being captured through a second containment system. the system is bringing the oil to a rig on the surface and then being burned. government scientists have dramatically increased their estimate...

Of the recovery, the cleanup and of staunching that flow and the gusher at the gulf of mexico and yesterday also taken to task by lawmakers, we saw that. not a good week for bp. tops on the agenda today forming this fund out of which all the people who have a claim against bp whether it's small businessmen in the gulf of mexico or people who have lost their jobs, lost business. they, the president says he's going to inform them that they're going to have to create this account, an escrow account administered by a third party completely transparent out of which they'll pay all of these claims. ...

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